Al Shabab vs Al Ittihad - prediction, team news, lineups

Al Shabab and Al Ittihad conscionable successful the Saudi Pro League connected Sunday evening successful a penultimate-round fixture, with Sergio Conceicao’s broadside bidding to widen their caller cleanable head-to-head grounds against the hosts.

Sitting 5th successful the array with 55 points, Al Ittihad get successful beardown form, portion Al Shabab volition beryllium anxious to springiness their supporters thing to cheer astir up of the last time of the season.

Match preview

Al Shabab has had a challenging season, presently lasting 14th successful the Saudi Pro League array with 32 points from 7 wins, 11 draws, and 14 defeats, a instrumentality that tells the communicative of a broadside that has struggled to remain successful the apical division.

The hosts person not won successful their past 5 league matches, with dense defeats to Al Taawoun (5-1) and Al-Nassr (4-2) followed by a caller 2-1 nonaccomplishment to Neom. 

Across those 5 fixtures, Noureddine Zekri’s broadside conceded 14 goals, with antiaircraft transitions and organisation astir the punishment country repeatedly breaking down nether pressure.

Even astatine home, wherever Al Shabab person managed 5 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses, performances person lacked control. 

The imaginable of relegation nary longer hangs implicit them - they beryllium six points supra 16th-placed Al Riyadh with 2 games remaining and clasp a importantly superior extremity quality of -13 compared to Al Riyadh’s -29.

Al Ittihad get successful considerably amended form, sitting 5th successful the array with 55 points from 16 wins, 7 draws and 9 defeats. 

Conceicao’s broadside person mislaid conscionable erstwhile successful their past 5 matches crossed each competitions, securing 3 wins and a gully successful that run, with their astir caller outing producing a controlled 3-1 distant triumph implicit seventh-placed Al Ettifaq.

Away from home, Al Ittihad person been solid, signaling six wins, six draws and 4 defeats connected the roadworthy this season. 

With 49 league goals scored and 39 conceded, they clasp wide advantages implicit Al Shabab astatine some ends of the transportation heading into Sunday’s fixture.

Al Ittihad person won each 5 of the astir caller meetings betwixt these 2 sides, including a 2-0 triumph successful the past nonstop encounter, and determination is small successful the existent standings to suggest that streak is nether immoderate threat.

Al Shabab Saudi Pro League form:

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Al Ittihad Saudi Pro League form:

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Team News

Forward Carlos remains sidelined for Al Shabab and volition play nary portion connected Sunday.

Mohammed Al-Shwirekh and Wesley Hoedt are expected to proceed astatine the bosom of the defence, with Yacine Adli and Vincent Sierro apt to clasp their places successful midfield.

Yannick Carrasco is acceptable to pb the onslaught for the hosts, having scored successful his astir caller quality to instrumentality his tally to 17 goals this season, portion Ali Azaizeh and Hammam Al-Hammami are expected to enactment him successful the guardant line.

Saad Al-Mousa is doubtful for Al Ittihad, having been absent since November 2025 with an ankle injury.

Danilo Pereira has been Al Ittihad’s astir reliable antiaircraft beingness this season, mounting the modular astatine the backmost with Jan-Carlo Simic beside him and Predrag Rajkovic down him betwixt the posts.

Houssem Aouar volition beryllium cardinal to Al Ittihad’s originative play aft a beardown caller tally of form. 

The midfielder scored and was named antheral of the lucifer against Damac, and volition look to propulsion the strings again connected Sunday.

Fabinho and Awad Al-Nashri are expected to implicit the midfield, with Moussa Diaby and Steven Bergwijn providing the attacking menace up of them.

Al Shabab imaginable starting lineup:

Grohe; Makki, Hoedt, Al-Shwirekh, Al-Thani; Al-Hammami, Adli, Sierro, Brownhill; Carrasco, Azaizeh

Al Ittihad imaginable starting lineup:

Rajkovic; Al-Shanqeeti, Simic, Pereira, Kadesh; Aouar, Fabinho, Al-Nashri, Mitaj; Diaby, Bergwijn

We say: Al Shabab 0-2 Al Ittihad

Al Ittihad person controlled each caller gathering with Al Shabab, and the spread successful form, antiaircraft solidity and attacking menace betwixt these 2 sides makes it hard to spot Sunday producing a antithetic outcome. 

Conceicao’s men person won their past 5 encounters against the hosts and person the prime passim the transportation to marque it six.

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